“If his primary interest were raising money for vets, he’d chicken out of the debate, and raise money for the vets quietly.”
I see. So Trump’s vet fundraiser would do much better if he kept it quiet and didn’t tell anyone.
You must be mystified whenever there’s a telethon doing a fundraiser for MDA or PBS or whatever. They would do so much better if they didn’t publicize their fundraising.
You know as well as I do that Trump's actions are all about Trump and nothing about Wounded Warriors.
You'll console yourself, and justify your untenable position by invoking the vets, just like Trump, but the bottom line is he just doesn't want to take the chance that he'll lose ground in a debate, so he's taking a knee.